The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-22
How it was Exemplified by
Father Abraham.
BISHOP WHIrNBY'S REMARKS.
God VIII Never Forsake Els People,
When they Keep His Com
mandments.


Robert Morris, and the singing by the
choir of the hymn, 20 Lord of Hosts,
we now invoke" the congregation was
addressed by
BISHOP o. 2. WHITNEY,
who began by saying he realized the
responsibility of one who arose to ad
dress tne congregation in the name of
the Lord. He realized that what he
should say would largely depend on
those before him; they had certain
needs which should be supplied, and it
was the will of God to supply those
| needs, to feed them with the bread of
life. Jesus, speaking to the man whom
he bad authorized to official in His
stead, said: Simon Peter, lowest thou
me? Feed my sheep" This was
repeated twice, and thrice was the in
junction given. This was the highest
ministry given to man; the preaching
of the gospel and its exempliication in
our lives; carrying unto the children of
men the truths of heaven. bearing aloft
the standard of life and salvation for all
men to rally unto. 1t was high honor,
said the speaker, to be so commissioned.
The Story OF God is intelligence;
the glory of the gospel is salvation.
The mission of Jesus was a glorious
one, descending below all thing in
order to comprehend and rise above all
things, proclaiming peace on earth and
goodwill to men. He came to the
earth to preach peace and deliverance
to the captive, to open the dungeons of
spiritual darkness. and usher forth the
penitent into the life and light of gospel
liberty. The gospel is the perfect law
of liberty. There is no grande- mission
than to preach and exemplify the prin
ciples of liberty.
This is land of liberty. The Con-
stitution was framed by men inspired of
God, who had grown weary of being
trodden down by tyrants Of the old
world, and halleiujahs assembled from
the people lovers of liberty in all ma
tons. when that great principle de-
claring all men equal, was proclaimed
Among the ri2hts guaranteed by it were
those of life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness. When the patriots of the
past, denying the "diyine rights of
kings to trample on the necks of man
kind, pledeing their lives, fortunes and
sacred honor, struggled for independ,
ence and freedom, they were encour-
aged, blessed and prayed for by men
and women throughout the world
during the sufferings, trials ana
sacrifices they had to make,
and the bardsbips they underwent. not
only for themselves, but for mankind
and posterlty. They were encouraged,
the bishop reiterated, by people living
in the Jurisdiction of kings and poten
tates, they were wished success in their
endeavorS to establish republic or
liberty on this continent, and above all
God was with them to bless their great
endeavor.
This was part Of the great plan of
the Almighty to hberate His children
from tyranny and oppression, spiritual
and temporal. Many realized this; many
did not. The small soul who labors for
himself, does not see beyond the circle
in which he dwels; the great soul is
be whose sympathy goes out for all
the world; he fights for right and en-
cages in the perpetuation of libe ty for
all the world; he is a warrior On whose
helmet crest appears, not that narrow
legend, Me and mine" but that
man" Christ was such q warrior,
He came, not to do His own will,
but the will Of the Father who sent
him, and for the salvation of all man
kind. In him was the promise to Abra-
ham realized: In thee and in thy seed
shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed" Nor was this all. If we
could see where God had sprinkled this
blood of Israel, We might possibly find
that it flowed in the veins of all men
whom God had inspired as benefactors
of their race, since the days of Abra-
ham. The Latter-day Saints had come
through the lineage of the Gentiles as
well as that of Israel; they were pos.
sessed of a mixed blood, and as such it
manifested itself in various ways. The
royal blood of the earth is the blood of
father Abraham; his issue are priests
and kings. Can a Latter-day Saint
claim a higher honor than to have
sprung from such source? Are We
not all of Father Adams family
and children of God? Men can
only manifest their "blue blood. by
deeds and actions of humility and
faithfulness. True royalty, genuine no
bility, does not consist in holding
high head, q naughty mein, nor
Is it in gold ard purple and
fine linen; neither does humil-
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condition of the heart, entirely indie
pendent of the outward apparel. The
highest should ever be the humblest;
the greatest souls, the true ministers or
servants of humanity.
Jesus, King of kings, did not consider
it disgrace to descend to earth, and
wander through the world without
place to lay his head. While he owned
the earth, He was made football, as it
were, by those whom His own hand had
created. The humility of Jesus was
exemplified by His washing the feet of
His disciples. This was beautiful les
son; the Master making himself the
servant His royal blood proved itself
in suffering all things for the gospels
sake; in preaching 8 true but unpopular
doctrine, in enduring with p&tenc and
long-sufering all that His enemies
heaped upon Him.
There was a test given by the Son of
God to those who claimed to be the
children of Abraham, who were no.
willing to accept newer revelation of
Gods mind and will than Moses and the
prophets, He said, IF We were bra